California State Railroad Museum

The California State Railroad Museum is a museum in the California State Parks system that interprets the role of railroads in the Western U.S. It is located in Old Sacramento State Historic Park at 111 I Street, Sacramento, California.

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Type: Museum
Description: railroad museum in Sacramento, California
Also known as: “CSRM”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sacramento Valley Station and Golden 1 Center.

Sacramento Valley Station

Railway station

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Sacramento Valley Station is an Amtrak railway station in the city of Sacramento, California, at 401 I Street on the corner of Fifth Street, built in 1926 on the site of China Slough. Sacramento Valley Station is situated 1,200 feet east of California State Railroad Museum.

Golden 1 Center

Stadium

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Golden 1 Center is an indoor arena in downtown Sacramento, California, United States. It sits partially on the site of the former Downtown Plaza shopping center. Golden 1 Center is situated 2,100 feet southeast of California State Railroad Museum.

California State Military Museum

Museum

Photo: Isaac Crumm, Public domain.

The California State Military Museum was the official military museum of the State of California. It was located in the Old Sacramento State Historic Park at 1119 Second Street. California State Military Museum is situated 1,200 feet south of California State Railroad Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sacramento and West Sacramento.

Sacramento

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Sacramento is the state capital of California in the United States. It is the regional center for the Greater Sacramento metropolitan area, which dominates much of the surrounding Sacramento Valley and stretches into parts of Gold Country.

West Sacramento

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West Sacramento is a city of 54,000 people in Yolo County in the Sacramento Valley of California. West Sacramento is on the west bank of the Sacramento River, opposite the city of Sacramento.

Gardenland

Hamlet

Gardenland is a neighborhood in the city of Sacramento, California, around the Natomas Basin. It borders Northgate Boulevard to the west, Indiana Avenue to the north, Steelhead Creek to the east, and the Arden-Garden Connector to the south. Gardenland is situated 2½ miles northeast of California State Railroad Museum.

California State Railroad Museum

Categories: railway museum, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Sacramento County, Sacramento Valley, California, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.58463° or 38° 35′ 5″ north

Longitude

-121.50412° or 121° 30′ 15″ west

Elevation

33 feet (10 metres)

Open location code

84CWHFMW+V9

GeoNames ID

5332883

Wikidata ID

Q2933981

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Japanese—“California State Railroad Museum” goes by many names.

Chinese: “加州州立鐵路博物館”
Dutch: “California State Railroad Museum”
French: “California State Railroad Museum”
German: “California State Railroad Museum”
Japanese: “カリフォルニア州立鉄道博物館”
Japanese: “カリフォルニア州鉄道博物館”

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